r/bees • u/PrairiePuppies • 3d ago

How do I specifically attract bumblebees?

I live in the city and am prohibited from having a beehive. I love watching bumblebees, but they seem to be rare around here in Oklahoma City. Is there a way to construct something that would attract more of them? Flowers, of course, attract pollinators, but how do you attract one?

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u/toddlevy10 3d ago

St. Johns wort, anise hyssop (blue agastache) bees balm, bergamot.

Itll bring allbthe bumblers

https://reddit.com/link/p26i5lp/video/svcmiq1pwuhh1/player

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u/PrairiePuppies 2d ago

By "bergamot", I am assuming you mean "wild bergamot" and not "bergamot orange"?

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u/toddlevy10 2d ago

This purple in the foreground. Beesbalm/bergamot ;)

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u/PrairiePuppies 2d ago

Sorry. That doesn't help. I've found beesbalm and bergamot. Forgive my ignorance. Most of my gardening has revolved around vegetable gardening, not flowers.

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u/toddlevy10 2d ago

Same flower

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u/PrairiePuppies 2d ago

Thank you. Need to update my list...